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Amid the widespread opposition against the planned mosque near Ground Zero in the US, the cleric leading the effort to build an Islamic centre here may consider shifting its location from the controversial spot. Our advisers have been looking at every option including that, Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf was quoted as saying by the New York Post, when asked whether he would shift the mosque. The embattled Imam also pointed that a future solution needed to be agreed to by all parties embroiled in this debate. The way we confront our problems in the United States...is watched all over the world, Rauf said. I need a space where the voice of the moderates can be heard. We need a platform where the voice of modern Muslims can be amplified...This is an opportunity that we must capitalize on, he added. Rauf made these remarks today -- two days after thousands of people gathered for pro and anti-mosque rallies near Ground Zero on the ninth anniversary of September 11 terror attacks at the World Trade Centre in New York.
